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Eve Ai-Talk About Eve (2016)

8/24/2016

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Album Information

Release Date: 27th May 2016

Music Video Archive

空頭支票Bad Check
逃生計劃Escape Plan

我們的總和 The Sum of Us
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寂寞無害 Harmless Loneliness
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拼圖 Lost Piece

Track Listings

01.說 Say
02.寂寞無害 Harmless Loneliness
03.我們的總和 The Sum of Us
04.空頭支票 Bad Check
05. 逃生計畫 Escape Plan
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06.拼圖 Jigsaw Puzzle
07.帶我到一個陽光普照的島嶼 Take me to a sunny island
08.Then you come along
09.依賴 Lean On
10.愛是這樣 This is love

Album Review

Eve Ai's latest album "Talk about Eve" is exactly what its title proposes it to be. Like an intimate conversation between friends, Ai broaches a number of topics that span the themes of Love, Life and Escapism, like short anecdotes which are wispily threaded together and bound by Eve's intimate and unique vocals. Eve professed that prior to the creation of this album, she harboured a rather negative and pessimistic outlook on life before realising that love is the answer to all ill intentions and hatred. Shedding the thorny outer layer which she had previously worn in her social critique that composed her previous albums, this time Eve's latest album is a reflection of a freer, happier yet still strongly independent version of herself.

On the first track "Say", Eve collaborated with singer-songwriter Eric Chou who wrote the melody for her. Although the song was originally intended as a ballad, producer George Chen instead arranged it with strong EDM influences, injecting it with a mysterious aura of headiness and lust. The piece was an interesting concoction as the meatiness of Chou's balladic melody interacted with the EDM sound and paired off well with Eve's sensual, throaty vocals. The lyrics, which separately hint at a dedicated love between two people, instead to me react with the throbbing arrangement to give off a 'caught in the moment', transient meaning.

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Eric Chou: What Love Has Taught Us (2016)

8/24/2016

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Album Name: The Things Love Taught Us愛,教會我們的事

Release Date: 5th August 2016

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How Have You Been?
This Is Love

Album Review

Following the success of his debut album "Learning to love", soon-to-be prolific singer-songwriter Eric Chou has now followed up two years later with his second album, aptly named "What love has taught us". Ever the sensitive type, Chou's music is greatly influenced by some of the best balladeers of our generation, namely the likes of Jay Chou and Wang Leehom. As such, it is easy to mistake him for just another ballad-singing idol. But as he's shown from his chart-topping success from the get-go, Eric is much more than just that. And although the theme of his second album "What love has taught us" seems to just be a marketing gimmick, tacked on to enjoy the success of his previous album, I really do feel that the take-home message from his newest album emulated his growth as a person and as a musician over the past few years.

His first single from his previous album "以後別做朋友 In the future let's not be friends" was bittersweet in its rawness, but rather half-baked in its formulation. This was what I presumed to be the work of someone with talent pure and raw, but not yet completely schooled in the slick profession of music production. But after gaining a couple high-profile gigs, like writing songs for label mates Rosie Yang, A-Lin and Eve Ai, Chou has shown his clout as a songwriter and singer; his velveteen vocals catching in the throat of many a pre-pubescent high-schooler.

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Sharon Kwan: Blossom 2.0 (2016)

8/24/2016

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Release Date: 28.07.2016

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-Luv me Luv me 要說出來
-Shh別說
-Happiness for one一個人也可以幸福

Track Listings

01.Luv Me Luv Me 要說出來(Luv Me Luv Me)
02.綻放 2.0(Blossom)
03.一個人也可以幸福(Happiness For One)
04.別說(Shh...)
05.​心動了(Heaven Knows)
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06.天空樹(Sky Tree)
07.不遠的情人(Not So Far Away Lover)
08.走開 你哪位(GOMF)
09.渴望(Desire)
10.​來得及說再見(Ways Into Love)

Press Release

Since her debut album in 2012 titled "Home Girl", resident Sweetie pie Sharon Kwan has stayed quiet for the last four years, before finally releasing her second album "Blossom 2.0".

Releasing her first album when she was only 16 and now as a 20-year old, this second album's theme and name signifies her growth as a person, and her blossoming into a beautiful young lady!

In this album, Kwan hopes to reflect upon the different possibilities that are open to a 20 year old girl. Having participated in "The Voice of China" under the tutelage of Mandopop King Jay Chou, he has also put in a few good words for her by recommending her to try singing fast songs rather than her usual balladic or easygoing sound.

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